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thriller

[thril-er] / ˈθrɪl ər /






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Similarly, General Shirreff wrote the political thriller "War With Russia" in 2016, in which he foresaw Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

An eight-part thriller on TNT follows the search for—and a CIA analyst’s subsequent interrogation of—the notorious Iraqi leader.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

“Bunker’s” issue isn’t its politics so much as how to present them: In unwieldily combining satire, family drama and finally thriller, it ill serves all three.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

As a bibliophilic library thriller, “Chronovisor” is terrifying.

From Salon Sep. 7, 2026

Each tiresome new thriller includes a scene in which the hero, trapped by some version of the enemy, runs for his desk in a desperate race against time.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

She’s into the psychological thrillers and those sort of crime investigation shows, so we meet in the middle.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

Reggie Bannister, the actor who devoted his decades-long career primarily to independent horror thrillers including all five films of the the cult “Phantasm” franchise, has died.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

From 12‑goal thrillers to 10-0 humiliations and penalty shootouts that threaten to last almost as long as the match itself, the EFL Cup has had it all over the years.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

One often feels with Hitchcock that beneath the director of thrillers dwells a frustrated psychoanalyst, eager to penetrate the hidden depths of the human personality.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

The bookshelf is full of Mom’s favorite thrillers, but I can’t seem to get into any of them.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen




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